Line-guide for harness



(No Model.)

P. SCHNEIDER. LINE GUIDE FOR HARNESS.

110. 249,105. Patented Nov. 1,1881.

IJNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP SCHNEIDER, OF SHIPMAN, ILLINOIS.

LINE-GUIDE FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent- No. 249,105, dated November 1, 1881.

Application filed July 27, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP'SOHNEIDER, of Shipman,in thecountyof Macoupin and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Line-Guides for Harness; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the aecompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the guides. Fig. 2 is a view showing the application of the guides to a pair of hames.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the same parts.

My invention has for its object to provide improved guides for the driving-lines of a harness which will permit of the ready insertion and removal of the lines, and through which the lines can run with but little friction.

To this end the invention consists in guides constructed as I will now proceed to describe.

In the drawings,Arepresents a metal shank adapted to be secured to the hames or other part of the harness; B B, a pair ofside bars secured to the inner bars, B B, which are in turn secured to the said shankrigidly, or, as shown, by a pivot, 1); 0,21. friction-roller or sleeve loosely mounted between the side bars, B B, upon a bolt or rivet, c; and D, a second and outer-triction roller or sleeve, also loosely mounted between the said side bars, near the outer ends of the some, upon the shank of a screw-bolt,E, which extends through perforations in the ends of said side bars,and is adapted to be screwed in and out by means of the thumb-piece e on its end. The sleeveG has headsor flanges c a at its ends, also loosely mounted on the bolt or rivet c.

The lines are applied by unscrewing the screw-bolt E and removing the outer frictionsleeve, D, then inserting the lines against the sleeve 0 andbetween the heads 0'0, and finally replacing the sleeve 1) and screw-bolt E, as will be readily understood. The lines when in place, it will be seen, are bounded on all sides by revolving surfaces-that is to say, by the friction-sleeves at their sides and the revolving heads 0 c at their upper and lower edges-and the friction is therefore reduced to a minimum. Besidesthelines are held always in proper positioni. 0., on edge:ind are thereby prevented from twisting.

The devices are very simple and can be made at slight cost.

The flanges or heads 0 0 may be formed solid with the sleeve 0, if preferred, and the bars BB may be hinged to the shankAor not, though I rather prefer that they should be.

Having thusdescribed myinvention, [claim as new- 1. In line-guides, the combination, with the side bars, the inner bars, and a sliank to which the latter are connected, of the inner frictionsleeve and the outer removable friction-sleeve, both mounted in the side bars, substantially as described.

2. In line-guides, the combination of the shank, the side bars, the inner bars, the inner friction-sleeve, the loose heads, and the outer friction-sleeve, substantially as described.

PHILIP SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

E. I. CUTLER, GEORGE HARDY. 

